7.1 Tuition

7.2 Types of Financial Aid

Graduate Assistantships

A limited number of graduate assistantships and fellowships are available to qualified students. Continuation of the award is based on the student’s satisfactory performance in both academic and assigned duties. Graduate students who wish to apply for assistantships should write to the chairperson of the department in which they plan to enroll. Additional information about hiring graduate students can be found here.

Graduate Matriculation Fee Waivers

The State of Florida funds a limited number of graduate matriculation fee waivers for graduate students who are on either graduate assisantships or fellowships. These waivers can be used to offset a portion of a graduate student’s in-state tuition. A student must be a fully admitted graduate student to qualify under this program. Because each college administers this program using different requirements, students are encouraged to contact their college as early as possible to determine their eligibility.

Out-of-State Tuition Waivers

Out-of-State tuition may be waived for certain full- and part-time enrolled non-residents who have skills or abilities which will contribute to the academic environment of the University. UNF attracts a great majority of its students from Northeast Florida. Program directors with interested non-resident students must complete a Request for Out of State Tuition Waiver and submit to the director of the Graduate School. Awards are based on the availability of funds.

Latin American Caribbean (LAC) Scholarship

Students from Latin America and the Caribbean (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are eligible to receive Latin American/Caribbean (LAC) Scholarships at UNF. LAC scholarship recipients receive a minimum of $300 per academic term to cover the cost of books and other assorted expenses. On the basis of the LAC scholarship, the student will also be classified as a Florida resident for tuition purposes. In order to qualify, they must be admissible to UNF under existing criteria for undergraduate or graduate programs and (1) must be a registered student in good standing at the University of North Florida or a prospective student who has been admitted to UNF; (2) must be registered for a full-time course load during each semester the scholarship is awarded (9 credit hours for graduate students); (3) must perform 25 hours of approved community service each semester.

Auzenne Fellowship

The Auzenne Fellowship is a yearly award given out on a merit basis - based on a combination of GPA and GRE/GMAT test scores - which funds students for full-time study during the Fall and Spring semesters. This program is designed to assist Florida’s State Universities in increasing the enrollment of minority students (African American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native) who are enrolled in disciplines in which there is under-representation of the minority group at the graduate level at the University of North Florida. Awards are continued for up to two years for students in Masters and Professional programs, and up to four years for Doctoral students.

College-based Scholarships

Funding for scholarships for graduate students is received by the individual colleges as part of their annual budget request and subsequent allocation. Individual college deans allocate shares of those resources to individual departments as well as determine how those resources may be distributed to students.

Additional financial aid opportunities offered by the Graduate School can be found here.